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Stolen Treasure, by Howard Pyle
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Title: Stolen Treasure
Author: Howard Pyle
Release Date: December 7, 2003 [EBook #10394]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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STOLEN TREASURE
BY
HOWARD PYLE
Author of "Men of Iron" "Twilight Land" "The Wonder Clock" "Pepper and Salt"
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
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CONTENTS
I. WITH THE BUCCANEERS
II. TOM CHIST AND THE TREASURE-BOX
III. THE GHOST OF CAPTAIN BRAND
IV. THE DEVIL AT NEW HOPE
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'I'VE KEPT MY EARS OPEN TO ALL YOUR DOINGS'"
"THIS FIGURE OF WAR OUR HERO ASKED TO STEP ASIDE WITH HIM"
"OUR HERO, LEAPING TO THE WHEEL, SEIZED THE FLYING SPOKES"
"SHE AND MASTER HARRY WOULD SPEND HOURS TOGETHER"
"'... AND TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO'"
"''TIS ENOUGH,' CRIED OUT PARSON JONES, 'TO MAKE US BOTH RICH MEN'"
"CAPTAIN MALYOE SHOT CAPTAIN BRAND THROUGH THE HEAD"
"HE WOULD SHOUT OPPROBRIOUS WORDS AFTER THE OTHER IN THE STREETS"
STOLEN TREASURE
I. WITH THE BUCCANEERS
Being an Account of Certain Adventures that Befell Henry Mostyn under Captain H. Morgan in t